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DIABETES

Better Under Seven: www.diabetesa1c.co.uk 

Diabetes Insight: www.diabetes-insight.info

Diabetes UK: 0845 120 2960: www.diabetes.org.uk

Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust: 01604 622 837: www.iddtinternational.org

 

GENERAL HEALTH AND MEDICINES INFORMATION

Consumer Health Information Centre (General advice on everyday healthcare problems): www.chic.org.uk

Health Supplements Information Service: www.hsis.org.uk

Medicine Chest On Line (Info on medicines & food supplements available from Pharmacist): www.medicinechestonline.com

National Institute For Clinical Excellence (NICE) (Recommendations on medicines, treatment and care for individual conditions): 020 7067 5800: www.nice.org.uk

National Pharmaceutical Association: www.askyourpharmacist.co.uk

Treatment Notes (Patient information leaflets produced by Which? and based on the highly respected Drug and Therapeutic bulletin received by all prescribers in the UK): Available at www.nelh.nhs.uk/treatmentnotes

 

HEARING AND SIGHT

International Glaucoma Association: 020 7737 3265:www.iga.org.uk

Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): 020 7391 2223: www.rnib.org.uk

RNID (For deaf and hard of hearing people): 0808 808 0123: www.rnid.org.uk

 

HEART BLOOD AND CIRCULATION

Anti Coagulation - Europe: www.anticoagulationeurope.org

Blood Pressure Association: 020 872 4994: www.bpassoc.org.uk

British Cardiac Patients Association: 01954 202 022: www.bcpa.co.uk

British Heart Foundation: 0845 070 8070: www.bhf.org.uk

Childrens Heart Foundation: 0808 808 5000: www.childrens-heart-fed.org.uk

Deep Vein Thrombosis: www.inate.org 

Haemophilia Society: 020 7380 0600: www.haemophilia.org.uk

Hearts for life: www.heartsforlife.co.uk

H-E-A-R-T UK: 01628 628 638: www.heartuk.org.uk

Sickle Cell Society: 020 8961 7795: www.sicklecellsociety.org

Stroke Association: 0845 303 3100: www.stroke.org.uk

 

HIV and AIDS

National AIDS Trust: 020 7814 6767: www.nat.org.uk

Terrence Higgins Trust: 0845 122 1200: www.tht.org.uk

UK Coalition of Patients living with HIV and AIDS: 020 7564 2180: www.ukcoalition.org

You Choose: www.youchoose.org.uk

 

INFECTIONS

British Polio Fellowship: 020 8842 1898: www.britishpolio.org.uk

Encephalitis Resource Centre: 01653 604 366: www.encephalitis.info

Meningitis Trust: 0845 6000 800 : www.meningitis-trust.org

RAPPID (Paediatric Pneumococcal Infection): 020 7465 6438: www.rappid.org.uk

 

LEARNING DISABILITIES AND INFORMATION ABOUT MEDICATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

National Society For Epilepsy: About Epilepsy – Information Resource Pack: 01494 601 300:www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/learning.cfm

The Elfrida Society: Information leaflets about mental health medications:  www.elfrida.com/publ.html

SCOPE: 020 7619 7100: www.scope.org.uk

MENCAP: 020 7696 5566: www.mencap.org.uk

Mental Health Medication: 020 7359 7443: www.elfrida.com/publ.html

 

LIVER and KIDNEY

British Kidney Patients Association: 01420 472 021: www.britishkidney-pa.co.uk

British Liver Trust: 01425 463 080: www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

Children’s Liver Disease Foundation: 0121 212 3839: www.childliverdisease.org

National Kidney Federation: 0845 601 0209: www.kidney.org.uk

National Kidney Help line: 0845 070 7601: www.nkrf.org.uk

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